Organization for Resisting Zionist Persecution

The Organization for Resisting Zionist Persecution was a terrorist group from Palestine whose goal was to fight against Israel's occupation of Palestine. They were commandeered by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1972 for the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649, taking 173 passengers hostage.

History
The Organization for Resisting Zionist Persecution was a terrorist organization from Palestine, and its goal was to resist Israel's occupation of the unstable Palestinian territories. On 22 February 1972, 5 ORZP members under the leadership of the more-powerful Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked Lufthansa Flight 649 on its journey from Tokyo-Haneda Airport in Japan to Frankfurt Airport in West Germany. They ordered the pilot to land at Aden International Airport in South Yemen, and all women and children from the passengers and a female flight attendant were released there. The West German government was then told to give $5,000,000 to the hijackers or else they would blow up the plane, which landed in Beirut, Lebanon for the transaction, and the last passengers were released. The hijackers surrendered to South Yemeni authorities after all of the hostages were released, and the ORZP handed over the money to the PFLP. In exchange for $1,000,000, the South Yemeni government released them on 27 February without charges. The remaining $4,000,000 were used by the PFLP to fund the Lod Airport Massacre, carried out by the Palestinian-loyal Japanese Red Army.